Detachable handle for shaving cups, etc.



June 10, 1924. 1,496,989

R. J. KIDENEY DETACHABLE HANDLE FOR SHAVING CUPS, m'rc Filed April 18,1922 fl-7-7-071 6y Patented June 10, 1924.

ROBERT J. KIIDENEY, 0F BUFFALO, NEW'YORK.

DETAGHABLE HANDLE FOR SHAVING CUPS, ETC.

Application filed April 18, 1922.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT J. KIDENEY, a citizen of the United States,residing in Buifalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Detachable Handles for ShavingCups, Etc, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a detachable handle which is more particularlydesigned for shaving cups in which two cups are connected with eachother by an intervening web which permits a lather to be formed in oneof these cups while a supply of water is kept on hand in the other cup,although this invention may also be used for cups of this generalcharacter which may be used for other purposes.

Heretoforethese twin cups have been made in the form of pairs which areintegrally connected and provided with an integral handle whichconstruction was dif ficult and expensive to manufacture by reason ofthe large percentage of breakage in the course of manufacture. Theintegral construction of the handle also was objectionable on account ofthe, liability of breaking oif the handle, the unsightliness of the cupsafter the handle is broken off and inconvenience of handling these cupsafter the handle is thus broken off.

It is the object of this invention to provide a detachable handle forcups of this general character which may be constructed separate fromthe cups of metal, or other suitable material which is not liable to bebroken and to permit of attaching the same to or removing the same froma pair of such cups with ease and facility, so that the same handle canbe used repeatedly with different cups in case the latter become broken.

A further object of this invention is to provide such a handle whichwhen applied to the cups, will be neat in appearance, capable of beingmaintained in a sanitary condition and not materially increase thecup asa whole, aside from furnishing a reliable support whereby the cups maybe manipulated without danger of the parts becoming separated.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view showing apair of cups of the character described equipped with my invention.Figure 2 is a top plan view of the same. Figure 3 is a cross sectiontaken on line 3-3, Fig, 2. Fi ure 4 is a Serial no. 554,533.

fragmentary longitudinal section taken on line H, Fig. 3. Figure 5 is aperspective view of the handle constructed in accordance with myinvention'and detached from the cups.

Similar characters of reference refer to like parts throughout theseveral views.

Although this invention is applicable to various forms of cups, the sameis-shown in the drawings, in connection with two cups 1, 1, which arearranged side by side and connected on their opposing sides by means ofan upright intervening-web 3, this web and the cups being preferablyconstructed integrally of porcelain or earthenware, al though the same,if desired. may be constructed of other suitable material and in anyother approved form; The web between the two cups terminates at itslower end at a distance from the bottom of the cups so as to form anotch at this place between the cups and the upper end of this webterminates below the upper ends of. the cups, as shown at 4, andthus'forms a passage be. tween the cups through which the shaving brushmay be passed backand: forth and permits water to be taken out of one ofthe. cups and passed over to the soap in the other cup for' forming alather in the lastmentioned cup without liability of spilling any of thewater or lather outside of the cups.

My improved handle for supporting these cups and carrying the same, ispreferably constructed of a single sheet of metal which is bent to forman outwardly grooved finger piece 5 arranged on one side of the web 3,an upwardly facing hook 6 arranged at the lower end of the finger pieceand projecting through the notch 10 and into engagement with the lowerend of the web, and a pluralitv of lugs arranged at the upper end of thefinger piece and engaging with the upper ends of the web and cups. Inthe preferred construction, a single downwardly projecting lug 7 isarranged centrally on the upper inner end of the finger piece andengaged with the outer side of the upper part of the web, and twodownwardly projecting lugs 8, 8. are arranged on the upper inner part ofthe finger piece on opposite sides of the central lug 7 and engaged withthe inner sides of the adjacent upper parts of the two cups 1, 1. j

A handle of this construction can readily be engaged with and disengagedfrom the cups and web owing to the resilience of the metal from whichthis handl is made. In the application of this handle to the cups, it ispreferred to first engage the upper lugs 7 and 8 of the handle w'th theupper end of the web and the adjacent parts of the cups, so that thehandle is in the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3, andthereafter the hook at the lower end of the handle can be sprung intoengagement with the lower end of the web. -When thus coupled, the cupsand handle are reliably connected and not liable to become disconnectedwhile in use, so that the cups may be severally carried about by meansof the handle. In order to facilitate the engagement of the hook 6 withthe lower end of the web, the free front end of this hook is providedwith a forwardly projecting rounded lip 9 which serves as a guide forcarrying the front end of the hook around the lower rounded end of thewe and permit these parts to interlock with each other easily andconveniently.

By reversing this operation, the handle may be detached from the cupswith equal ease and thus enable the same handle to be used with a newpair of cups in case the latter should become broken and it also permitsthese parts to remain separated in order to maintain them in the mostsanitary condition.

This handle when applied to a pair of cups not only permits of holdingthe same reliably, but the same is also neat in appearance and capableof being produced economically.

I claim as my invention:

1. A pair of cups arranged side by side and connected by a web whichforms a notch between the upper ends of the cups, and a handle having afinger piece arranged on one side of said web, an upwardly facing hookarranged at the lower end of said finger piece and in the same plane andengaging with the lower end of said web and a aw arranged at the upperend of said finger piece and having Si? e outer downwardly projectinglug of l-shape en aging with the outer upper part of said wee and saidnotch between said cups, and two inner downwardl projecting and inwardlyconverging lugs anged on opposite sides of said single lug and engagingwith the inner sides of said cups adjacent to the upper end of said web.

2. of cups arranged side by side and connected by a web which forms anotch between the upper ends of the cups, and a handle having fingerpiece arranged on one side of said web, an upwardly facing hook arrangedat the lower end of said finger piece and in the same plane and engagingwith the lower end of said web and a jaw arranged at the upper end ofsaid finger piece and having a single xi-shaped outer downwardlyprojecting lug engaging with the outer upper part of said web and saidnotch between said cups, and two inner downwardly projecting andinwardly converging lugs arranged on opposite sides of said single lugand engaging with the inner sides of said cups adjacent to the upper endof said web, the free end of said hook hava reversely bent guide lip.

ROBERT J. KIDENEY,

